Chapter 7. Transactions and Security

In mountain biking and kayaking, the most thrilling moves are running ledges. It doesn't start that way in either sport. With kayaks, you tend to do a whole lot of work to set yourself up for a few seconds of freefall. You line up against a landmark, stroke hard to build speed, push your body forward, and then simultaneously thrust with your hips and paddle off of the edge, which launches you. With bikes, you tend to pick a line through that won't smash your chain ring, line your bike up, balance yourself behind the saddle so you don't fly over the handlebars, roll forward slowly, compress your shocks, jump up to lighten the bike, and hope for the best while you're falling.